The Born Losers (1967)
| Release Date | 18 August 1967 |
| US Box Office | $36,000,000 |
| Tagline | CORNERED! A HOT SUMMER NIGHT...A PACK OF STRAY 'CHOPPER JOCKEYS'... |
| Genre | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Huntington Shores Motel - 21002 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Action Thriller, Biker Film |
| Themes | Righting the Wronged, Vigilantes |
| Tones | Rousing, Forceful, Visceral, Earnest, Tense |
| Tags | Bad Guy Turns Good, Biker, Half Breed, Harassment, Indian (Native American), Martial Arts, One Against Odds |
Born Losers is a 1967 action film and the first of the Billy Jack movies. The film introduced Tom Laughlin as the half-Indian Green Beret Vietnam veteran Billy Jack. Since 1954 Laughlin had been trying to produce his Billy Jack script about discrimination toward American Indians. In 1967 he decided to introduce the Billy Jack character in a quickly written script designed to capitalize on the then-popular trend in motorcycle gang movies. The story was based on a real incident from 1964 where members of the Hells Angels were arrested for raping two teenage girls in Monterey, California.
Cast and Crew
Cast
William Wellman Jr.
Child
Jack Starrett
Deputy Fred
Paul Bruce
District Attorney George Davis
Robert Cleaves
Mr. Crawford
Paul Prokop
Speechless
Robert Tessier
Cueball
Jeff Cooper
Gangrene
Stuart Lancaster
Sheriff Harvey
Anne Bellamy
Mrs. Prang
Gordon Hoban
Jerry Carmody
Susan Foster
Linda Prang
Janice Miller
Jodell Shorn
Julie Cahn
LuAnn Crawford
Edwin Cook
Crabs
Robert Apollo
Dr.
Clegg Hoyt
Mr. Carmody
Randee Lynne Jensen
Extra
Mike LeSage
Pedistrian
Director
Producer
Jay Loughrin
associate producer
Original Music
Mike Curb
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Davie Allan
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Cinematographer
Gregory Sandor
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Editor
John Winfield
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Production Designer
Richard Beck-Meyer
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Makeup Department
Louis Lane
makeup supervisor
Production Manager
Paul Lewis
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jonathan Hayes
assistant director
Art Department
Mike Ezzes
property master
Sound Department
Le Roy Robbins
sound
Special Effects
Gary Kent
special effects: AIP
Stunts
Lightning Bear
stunts
Tex Hall
stunts
Walter Robles
stunts
Robert Tessier
stunt coordinator
Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Pecchi
grip
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katharine Free
wardrobe
Music Department
Mike Curb
conductor
Al Simms
music supervisor
Other Crew
Samuel Z. Arkoff
presenter
Barbara Bouvet
production assistant
Alan Chase
production coordinator
T.J. Healy II
production assistant
Joyce King
script supervisor
James H. Nicholson
presenter
Production Company
American International Productions
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Fanfare Films
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Otis Productions
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Distributor
Gloria Filmverleih AG
American International Pictures (AIP)
,
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Fanfare Films
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Vestron Video
Special Effects
Edit-Rite
Westheimer Company
Miscellaneous
Armie Associates
casting
Switched-On
special costuming
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Tom Laughlin
Billy Jack (1971)
The Born Losers
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
The Proper Time (1960)
The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
